12-letter words containing a, w, h
- white-collar — belonging or pertaining to the ranks of office and professional workers whose jobs generally do not involve manual labor or the wearing of a uniform or work clothes.
- white-haired — having hair that is white.
- white-headed — white-haired (def 1).
- white-slaver — a person engaged in white-slave traffic or business.
- white-washed — a composition, as of lime and water or of whiting, size, and water, used for whitening walls, woodwork, etc.
- whitethroats — Plural form of whitethroat.
- whitewashing — Present participle of whitewash.
- whitherwards — toward what or which place
- whitmanesque — of or like Walt Whitman, his style, or his outlook; often, specif., democratic, expansive, exuberant, etc.
- whittle away — To whittle away something or whittle away at it means to gradually make it smaller, weaker, or less effective.
- wholehearted — fully or completely sincere, enthusiastic, energetic, etc.; hearty; earnest: a wholehearted attempt to comply.
- whooper swan — a common, Old World swan, Cygnus cygnus, distinguished by a yellow patch at the base of its bill, noted for its whooping cry.
- wild spinach — any of various plants of the genus Chenopodium, sometimes used in place of spinach.
- wilhelmina i — (Wilhelmina Helena Pauline Maria of Orange-Nassau) 1880–1962, queen of the Netherlands 1890–1948 (mother of Juliana).
- william howe — E(dgar) W(atson) 1853–1937, U.S. novelist and editor.
- williewaught — a substantial serving or swig of an alcoholic beverage
- wind machine — a machine used, esp in the theatre, to produce wind or the sound of wind
- windcheaters — Plural form of windcheater.
- window shade — a shade or blind for a window, as a sheet of cloth or paper on a spring roller.
- winter haven — a city in central Florida.
- winter wheat — wheat that is planted in the autumn to be harvested in the spring or early summer.
- winter-hardy — able to survive the effects of cold weather.
- witch's mark — devil's mark.
- with a … eye — in a … manner
- with menaces — If someone commits the crime of demanding money with menaces, they threaten to cause harm unless they are given the money.
- withdrawable — to draw back, away, or aside; take back; remove: She withdrew her hand from his. He withdrew his savings from the bank.
- withdrawment — The act of withdrawing; withdrawal; recall.
- within reach — close enough to be reached
- within-named — that is named herein.
- without fail — to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
- withstanding — to stand or hold out against; resist or oppose, especially successfully: to withstand rust; to withstand the invaders; to withstand temptation.
- woman-chaser — a philanderer; womanizer.
- womanishness — The state or condition of being womanish.
- wood alcohol — methyl alcohol.
- woolgatherer — One who engages in woolgathering.
- woolly aphid — any plant louse of the family Aphididae, characterized by a waxy secretion that appears like a jumbled mass of fine, curly, white cottony or woolly threads, as Eriosoma lanigerum (woolly apple aphid or American blight) and Prociphilus tessellatus (woolly alder aphid)
- work-sharing — an arrangement whereby one full-time job may be carried out by two people working part time
- world-shaker — something of sufficient importance to affect the entire world: The book is no world-shaker, but it's pleasant reading.
- would rather — in a measure; to a certain extent; somewhat: rather good.
- wranglership — (at Cambridge University) the position of a wrangler
- wrathfulness — The quality of being wrathful; wrath.
- wristwatches — Plural form of wristwatch.
- wrong-headed — wrong in judgment or opinion; misguided and stubborn; perverse.
- yellowhammer — a common European bunting, Emberiza citrinella, the male of which is marked with bright yellow.
- yellowshanks — A bird, the yellowlegs.
- yellowthroat — any of several American warblers of the genus Geothlypis, having a throat that is yellow, especially the common yellowthroat, G. trichas.